Posts Tagged "gerald mcdermott"

Gerald McDermott’s The Magic Tree is a not a tale with a happy ending – indeed the final pages are deliciously ambiguous. First told as an animated short film in 1970 and then published in book form in 1973, The Magic Tree is apparently adapted from a traditional Congolese folktale. It tells the story of […]

Why I’m doing this

I'm sick of bad children's fiction and I'm especially sick of the increasingly bland branded options for girls.
So, here's a bunch of books that I've enjoyed reading to my children - and ones that we come back to time and time again.
I'm always open to recommendations too.

Who am I

I'm Seb Chan. Primarily I am a dad but I also write several other blogs, work in a museum, and run a music magazine.
You can probably find me on Teh Internets.